Group Reactions to Standards Based Lessons

What did you notice about the Standards Based Lesson you described?

• surprised about the amount of details given
• surprised about the amount of work that went into the lesson plan
• how informative they were with the lesson plan
• how creative they were in getting the lesson plan across

What are your thoughts about SB Teaching?

• it was good and had a lot of detail
• shows a different perspective on teaching
• different ways of teaching

How do your group's views/concerns compare with what some teachers are saying about NCLB?

• scary, there definately needs to be changes, right now it is not successful
• some facts were shocking
• some teachers found it very difficult to structure it in order to meet the standards
• some schools are set-up to assist each of the students, some are not

How should you prepare to be an effective (and engaging) teacher?

• have to be more organized and have some kind of strategy to reach all of the students.

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